vert, unless you are talking buying a ray gold star in “chewed up by a dog” quality, I don’t think thats a 2026 goal but a decade goal. haha.
I think hitting up jumbos is a great goal. They are usually not desired. If I ever get around to it I’ll share my findings on the “best” jumbo binder/storage methods too. I spent the money playing with different things to find what options work, so that might help you out.
Save money and start to plan the biggest purchase of my Porygon collection: The Porygon Fan Club but I think it won’t happen before 2027/28… I want a raw copy from a really serious buyer based in Italy so it’s not the easiest thing considering the value of the card.
Add 1 more AP MTGxPKMN to my collection, I’ve already individuated the artist.
My goals this year in regard to collecting I would say are more about self changes over acquisition. I found that with the state of Pokemon these days and how expensive its got as well as hard to just manage for someone like myself, I’ve seen myself isolate a bit more while holding onto lots of negative feelings and heavy opinions which tend to get judgey at times so I really want to work hard on being able to hold these thoughts while also still being positive and part of Pokemon in whatever ways work for me. So overall, I just want to see myself shift my mindset to adapt better to the times, while also trying to make more genuine connections with others if possible. Its been very hard and has really sent me all over the place the past year, so in that regard im happy to say I’ll do my best to make that little dream possible. And maybe some fun cool things will come my way in the process
Currently at a little over 78% (1022/1310) and recently placed some big orders totaling >140 cards so I’m pretty hopeful that this goal is achievable.
Mostly focusing on pre-Scarlet/Violet Eevee cards, of which I’ve collected 83% (856/1031) with a little under 100 cards on the way. Would be awesome if I could reach something like 97-98% for this grouping, though there are a handful of cards that may make this difficult:
Eevee & Snorlax GX prices have exploded in the past year or so, and there are some obscure Thai/Korean/Spanish cards that will be a challenge to find…
Re-house my Eevee collection in a new binder/binders
My English/Japanese Eevees are currently in a 9-pocket binder which is about to be entirely full. Meanwhile, my other Eevee cards are in storage boxes which makes them difficult to fully appreciate.
Still deciding whether I’ll try to put all pre-SV cards in one big 16-pocket binder, or if I’ll split my collection up into multiple 9/12-pocket binders.
Stretch goal: Do write-ups on the releases for each Eevee illustration
I would love to document the history of Eevee cards across all languages including pictures and information about their release. This will be a huge undertaking, but it will get done… eventually
I also want to do a series of recordings going over this information, but that’s probably a 2027 goal since I’d first like to complete my pre-SV Eevee collection in order to show the cards off as I speak.
it all starts with 1, then it will be neo then on and on and on.
OOC, would you include the Legendary Collection Card? as it is the same artwork etc but obviously a different set.
bonus is its only English
Get close to finishing all languages of Marill - I’m currently over 90%, that will drop again when the new Marills get released outside of Japan, but I think I can get fairly close to complete this year!
Shrink the graded collection a bit more. I sold a fair bit at the start of 2025 to fund other hobbies, and honestly, I don’t miss the sold cards as much as I thought I would.
My binder collection was decimated back in 2024 when I traded the big cards for a core collection piece. Still in recovery mode to complete the mint English and Japanese holos from the WOTC era for the binder…..very very slow work in progress with how everything has gone up.
I’d also like to pick up a couple niche cards if possible, but this will be very dependent on potential 3 or 4-way trades to make happen.
I understand the sentiment and the changes in the hobby and I won’t be surprised if we see this crazy behavior again at some point but don’t let it deter you. Sometimes it’s just about adjusting your goals and finding the good in the hobby. E4 has always been great and the community as a whole. Hope that you have a better year! That is a good goal and I do the same thing to always work on myself to be an even better person. At the state of the hobby, that is why I changed my profile picture as it was sad the way things were going but now I just find it kinda funny, you just have to laugh it off at this point.
Much Aloha
-Blake
BONUS: Whenever you are having a hard time, just look at Scott’s (smpratte) old video starting at 11:18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgwtBIazKE0&t=1005s. I will never stop rewatching this as his word’s couldn’t be more needed at the state Pokemon is in. Definitely will hit home if you haven’t already seen it.
Eventually I’d do all the sets, but for now I’ll practice some focus. Nice to have chapters in a saga. Hope your hunt is going well, I see you previously were looking for 1999-2000 print Mysterious Fossil.
It would be good to have it formalized in one place. Through osmosis all I know, is that I can shine a flashlight through a early era card and discover if its a belgium card if it shines through.
I have to try REALLY hard work towards this too. I made my first post christmas day 2024. Until then I lurked and learned. I made sure my first ever post was something that would cheer people up, and its still my proudest pokemon card accomplishment. I’m pretty sure I’m the only person to do it too! Since then its been hard. I have stumbled a lot. And for that I am sorry. The good people here have been more than patient with me. I’m not used to a group of people anywhere on the internet who know what forgiveness is. Something special has been cultivated here…and they make it worth staying for. So, lets both work on it a bit more this year yeah? And I suggest looking at the fun threads, like the voting on pokemon threads, question of the day, and other such things community focused.
I’m still at a loss for what the goals even are for 2026?
I finally acquired a 1st ed Charizard near the end of last year, so the ultimate itch has been scratched. Since then I haven’t really been able to pin down anything that I actually want in particular.
I guess adding another missing Gold Star to the collection would be something. And it’ll be the case of collecting any random IR/SIR’s that I manage to pull or come across for the right price.
Not being a set collector really leaves me rudderless sometimes!
Here’s my goals for the year:
so I’m pretty hopeful that this goal is achievable.
